Effect of different levels of N P K on gaillardia

This book is very use full for the working Floriculture in India especially in saurashtra region. A field experiment of ¿Response of gaillardia (Gaillardia pulchella var. Lorenziana) cv. Local Double to different levels of nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium and their uptake¿, was conducted at Instructional Farm, Department of Horticulture, Junagadh Agricultural University, Junagadh on medium black calcareous soil, during rabi seasons of two consecutive years.Results of the experiment comprising 24 treatment combinations consisted were tried in Factorial Randomized Block Design with three replications. In nut shell, on the basis of two years field study, it seems quite logical to conclude that, for profitable cultivation of gaillardia variety Local Double, under South Saurashtra Agro-climatic conditions.application of 200 kg nitrogen, 75 kg phosphorus and 75 kg potash per hectare (half dose of nitrogen and full dose of phosphorus and potash at the time of planting, and remaining half dose of nitrogen at 30 days after planting), has been found optimum fertilizer dose on medium black, calcareous soil having moderate available nitrogen and potash with low in available phosphorus.